Flash links are not working in my header file

Mine are also not working but they where at one time what’s up
http://chicagoboxing.com/news/

My instinct is that this is some kind of security issue within WordPress.

I’m having limited* success doing the following:

1. Using SWFobject to embed the Flash file
2. Using complete paths for both the embedding of the Flash file and the URLs it links to
3. Placing the .swf in the root directory of the selected blog theme (e.g. httpdocs/wp-content/themes/theme_name/flash_file.swf)

*Limited success means it is working fine in:
IE on PC and Mac
Safari on Mac

But bizarrely when viewing my slideshow using Firefox (on both PC and Mac) the links only work in the top third of the Flash file area! No idea why this is. Trying to figure it out now…

Hope this helps! Let me know how you get on…

Hi!
I was experiencing the same problem, and here’s how I fixed it.

In your template file (probably header.php), you have some Flash code like this:

<script language="javascript">
	if (AC_FL_RunContent == 0) {
		alert("This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js.");
	} else {
		AC_FL_RunContent(
			'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0',
			'width','313',
			'height','100',
			'id','flashFileNameHere',
			'align','middle',
			'src','flashFileNameHere',
			'quality','high',
			'wmode','transparent',
			'bgcolor','#ffffff',
			'name','flashFileNameHere',
			'allowscriptaccess','always',
			'allowfullscreen','false',
			'pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',
			'movie','flashFileNameHere'
		); //end AC code
	}
</script>

The secret to getting the links to work for me was to make sure that “allowscriptaccess” is set to “always” and not to “sameDomain” or something else.

I hope this helps!

sloganmedia,

if you have successfully installed a working swf in your blog, then can you please post the code in full as it appears in your header.php? I am having a hard time following your last post.

thanks!

if you were using a mirrored domain when you setup the site and then made the site live by changing setting the nameservers to the actual domain, your mirrored domain info is still in the database and in our case caused us to not be able to use links in flash movies for one of our clients. You can fix this pretty easily by going into phpmyadmin on your server and searching the mirrored subdomain and replacing it manually with the actual domain (that’s the only way I know how to do it anyway, didn’t see anything in the admin for wp)

brent
@
mimoymima.com

I just got a SWF ad to play in a WordPress header by doing the following:

1. I created a new html page in Dreamweaver.
2. I imported the SWF file to the page.
3. I switched to Code view and copied-and-pasted the code.
4. I pasted the code into the appropriate place in the WordPress header template.
5. I manually added the a href link code around the entire piece of embed code.

Worked for me. 🙂